Audacious:
- Level: Early to Mid Intermediate
- Pages: 4 pages, 2 pages of music, cover included!
- Style: Driving, Jazzy
- Format: PDF instant download
Diddly-squat:
- Level: Early Intermediate
- Pages: 5 pages, 3 pages of music, cover included!
- Style: Driving, Jazzy
- Format: PDF instant download
Hoodwinked:
- Level: Early to Mid Intermediate
- Pages: 4 pages, 2 pages of music, cover included!
- Style: Sneaky
- Format: PDF instant download
Zigzaggedy
- Level: Early to Mid Intermediate
- Pages: 5 pages, 3 pages of music, cover included!
- Style: Happy
- Format: PDF instant download
Jazz Shorts is a set of four early to mid intermediate jazz piano solos will have your students and their listeners tappin’ their toes and boppin’ their heads. Super catchy motives and fun, but “reachable” jazz harmonies are well within the reach of these levels of pianists and piano students.
The Jazz Shorts Bundle Includes:
Audacious – Early to mid intermediate
Diddly-squat – Early intermediate
Hoodwinked – Early to mid intermediate
Zigzaggedy – Early to mid intermediate
What is the Studio License?
The studio license for each of the pieces in this Jazz Shorts Bundle licenses you to use this for yourself and any student you directly teach, for your entire lifetime of teaching! It’s like getting an unlimited supply of this music since you can print and use it over and over again. Plus there is no shipping since it is digital delivery. You get the PDF and bonus mp3 in your email within minutes of your purchase.
Bonus recording included!
When you purchase the Jazz Shorts Bundle, you receive bonus mp3 recordings for each piece performed by Wendy Stevens. You are permitted to send this example performance track to your students to help them learn the piece.
Peter Meerwarth –
LOVE LOVE LOVE… seriously… because of you all at Compose Create, I am starting a completely new JAZZ track for students! These kids and parents like options!!!
Kendra Beagles –
What great timing! I had already decided to have a “Jazz” Theme for my May recital so when I saw Wendy had created a set of 4 Jazz pieces, I immediately ordered them. My more advanced students are really enjoying them. Each of the 4 are very unique, so they provide lots of variety under the Jazz category. I have even enjoyed playing them myself and the tunes become ‘ear-worms’ – Ha!! These pieces are challenging but the tunes are so catchy, that my students are more than willing to grow musically in order to sound very advanced. Thanks for these and I am hoping more pieces in this category will be forthcoming.
Hope –
Two students have started Audacious and Diddlysquat. I went over the piece with practice suggestions and noticed in both cases the students were reluctant to leave, curious about how different sections were going to sound. That is a good sign that practice will not be a problem.
Carolyn –
My teenagers love the early intermediate level jazz pieces. I have given them Hoodwinked and Audacious. Hoodwinked allowed both of my students who struggle with feeling the beat and playing the jazz 8th notes play much more confidently. They like the sound of both pieces, and practice them more consistently then other pieces I have given them.
Teresa –
I purchased these Jazz Shorts and love all of their fun, happy, jazzy rhythms!
Carol –
Primarily I purchased Diddly-Squat, Zigzaggedy, Audacious and Hoodwinked.
Several of my students have tried these pieces. Diddly-Squat had one student respond, “I liked the driving feel and the sound. Fun piece to play but found measures 29 and 39 a little awkward to finger and play.”. As the teacher, I could understand the point as the use of the hands was a little out of this students comfort zone. Overall, these jazz pieces are fresh, different and fun to have as a contrast with other music being studied. Super sight-reading support as they were learned quickly.
Yvette –
These pieces have catchy rhythms that students find fun to play, with just the right amount of challenge to keep their skills moving forward. They are a welcome addition to the jazz repertoire in the studio where you can’t have too many options.
Meg –
My students enjoy the pieces that I’ve bought from Compose Create. I especially appreciate the studio license. My older beginning students love the sophisticated pieces that are doable from the start. Thank you for your creativity.
Pam –
My students and I have enjoyed playing these pieces. They are exciting and a nice change from classical and folk materials.